Chapter 67

𝕾𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖓: 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖆 𝕾𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖙 𝖇𝖞 𝕿𝖆𝖞𝖑𝖔𝖗 𝕾𝖜𝖎𝖋𝖙

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Like the finest shine coming from the rain above the ocean view from the bright sky, the hues changed like prisms of unidentifiable emotions coming at one, like a cloud of shining misty dust.

Now that the weather was fine again, with the morning gold rising from the east side of the empire, my hands that were previously holding the curtain tightened their grips until I held them from the unreachable rays.

I may have been slightly blinded by the sun's view right now, but the corners of my lips stayed lifted. My eyes almost closed their lids stayed to see the majestic sign of today's event and I knew I couldn't get any more happier than this.

"Milady, here are your dress...."

"Rita, can you listen for me one bit? I just have the right thing for you to do..."

That's when I escaped from the clutches of my past completely trying to embrace a new name that was created from the birth of my actions.

"Didn't you know? Today is the day that the mysterious night helper named Lady Agnes would open up her clinic"

"Oh, is that so?"

"Yes, and didn't you also know that some rumors were spreading within the market that the mysterious woman invited a known Lady of a noble society"

"But for what reason?"

"I also don't know so let's just start to find out since they were just rumors but to stay alert, we should always look up to that shop"

"Shop? Do you mean that one? The one who had the greatest spot? I thought even the owner of that place never wanted it to be rented out even after he died"

"I also thought but it seemed that it already got rented out"

"It doesn't mean it's being rented out since you know, a lot had already been changed"

"Yes, you seemed to be right, and apart of that, it also seemed that the new owner, the old owner's son had already given the property on sold"

"Then how did that mysterious lady do those things? It's such amazing of her"

"She's not only amazing but as if she had been given by the almighty above to help us from our illnesses..."

"You know, when I hesitated to take her bottle of medicine because I thought it would be poison but since I was tired and sick that night, when I took it, everything that made me feel pain got lifted and it vanished... that's why I respect Lady Agness"

"I also did the same that's why I love her even though I don't know anything about her, trusting her was enough to put our lives on the line. She's an angel sent from above..."

"Now, you're hearing what the people thought of you, do you feel flustered?" I heard Lexus ask while we walked within the market. I wasn't in disguise today so most people would see me as a noble lady and Lexus was assisting me as my personal butler.

As we headed towards that place, the ambiance changed.

"Oh, well, if it isn't the two that made a deal with me," the man said as if he wasn't that old but it seemed that he and Oratio felt the same, the only different things were their appearance and the same action made the two as if their two peas in a pod.

Shaking my head with a slight sigh, I managed to walk towards where he was, as he was currently watering some of the plants he had from his boutique.

"All right, fine, as long as Lexus wasn't able to find anything about the black horn, I would still hold him captive for some errands as you do me some favors. You know, letting that old man's son sell that place was hard of a pain in the ass..."

"Well, that's what you received after agreeing to our deal.

I heard him exude some sounds and the pot that he was holding was now on the table, in the blink of an eye, he was already right in front, and Lexus' sword was already pointed in the middle of his long pale throat.

I could see how it moved when I heard his venomous laughter around the place.

"You couldn't trick us anymore, Hellier," Lexus said, and when I looked at him his teeth were already gritting with his eyes continued to narrow towards the man who had already moved to his previous position.

"As expected of you Lexus, you never failed to amaze me. Besides, where did you two learn about magic?" When Hellier mentioned that, the plants that he'd been watering around earlier, had some black smoke surrounding it and after a few seconds it withered along with the pot.

"Oh, me, I guess no matter how hard I tried to hold and care for a plant, it would always wither within my hands," his voice sounded pained but as if to trick us enough he exuded some laughter once more.

"But anyways, what's done was already done, for now, let's just see what you two will have to say," when he said those, with a snap of his fingers he was already seated with the tables and chairs surrounding him.

Teas and cups also appeared with the pastries that weren't there to begin with. As I looked around, we were still in this shop full of dresses, but when I looked at the door, it disappeared.

As if there were no doors that we had entered earlier.

It made my eyes narrow but I joined in even if Lexus protested with my hands, still he followed after.

"So tell me, was it someone I wasn't supposed to know?"

"Then if you're eager, why don't you help me first instead, you should come to my shop often to see that one who taught us..." since he might have seen the tiny glint of Lexus' aura within the sword that he was holding.

Oratio, after that night, a few days later before the crown prince arrived at my household to look for my health, was able to teach us the basics of magic.

Every person can unlock their magic from within their soul, the only way for that is to meditate and as we could prosper the color of our soul and cover our skin with it, that's enough to see that we could advance to the next level.

However, Oratio wasn't a forgiving teacher to us, especially to Lexus, perhaps because he was the first to threaten him...

Shaking my head, I started to stare at the man's eyes and I could see how it changed over time.

"So what have you been here for after?"

"I just wanted to inform you, about Lady Grenda, if she happens to come within, just tell her my name and lead her to my clinic, first and foremost, you have to be gentle with her, because if not, then you wouldn't know what would come at you, Hellier..."

"Oh, all right, I guess I was too scared for that second, Lady Vestia..." Hellier said while trying to adjust his vest but then sweat began swirling over his forehead that was already creasing.

"Wait, are you afraid of ladies?" That's when I looked at how his eyes widened and his sweat would continue to pour while his mouth was opened and his hands were in front of him as if he was stopping the air from coming forward to him.

"Afraid? Why would you suddenly think of that when I managed to come to you without any fear?" He wasn't able to stutter but his eyes weren't able to tell me directly what he wanted.

I couldn't stop narrowing my eyes until he exuded that air from his body.

"Fine, I know it might seem like a harm to myself but not for others but it's the way I felt like I was built. At first, I thought I would have to use my assistant Berton to pretend like me to talk to you but then I felt nothing when we had our conversation last time so I managed to do it with you and Lexus but..."

"But what?" Lexus was the one who asked, and this time, like I did, his eyes wouldn't stop from narrowing.

"To tell you the truth, I have been inborn to disgust women, and I don't know why... I guess that's how I was managed to be built..."

Hellier said those while wiping the sweat forming on his forehead.

"Then how come you could assist Lady Grenda to my clinic?"

"Wouldn't it be enough for that assistant of yours?"

"It's impossible since I didn't disclose my information to her and she already knew that Lexus was my assistant"

"Then I guess I'll just have to use Berton..."

"Berton, who was that?"

"Here it comes..." With the snap of his fingers, his other opened palm grew brighter until a rubberized figure came appearing until it took the same body and face as Hellier, but acted as if he was more respectful than his master.

"Since you two already knew Magic, then you also knew my level?" It's true, since Oratio told us that by seeing someone's level of magic we must put our aura and cover our eyes to see the level of aura that person has and if that person had overflowed aura and yet he still managed to create something from his hands in more aura, he must be sage.

Oratio told us the level of a wizard, the first level use, one with the magic for necessities, was Renaze, they were simple wizards who were used as workers they could move things, second was Theron, the one who could teleport and command an army base on the higher authority.

Third was the Secron, the one who could produce the four types of elements, earth, water fire, and wind with the combined power of the Renaze and Theron.

Fourth was the Sage, who was almost as good as the Secron but he was more powerful than it because he could produce any type of elements other than the four types and if he could, he could build an army.

The final and most powerful wizard of all time was called Ratio since it was also the one in legend, the first one who had been able to defeat an entire kingdom with the command from the sovereign, he was also the one who could only erase memories of millions of people.

"You're a Sage"

"Good point, but still I am disgusted by women except for you lady that's why you can't force me but Berton, besides, I could visit your clinic but let me be kept hidden at your finest cage since I don't want women touching me..."

"You're such impossible to read, Hellier"

"That's also the price you paid for having a deal with me, besides aren't we friends already?"

I could only groan while putting my hands on my head and shaking it.

***

"Then I guess, my little pupil already had to establish the dream of her own..."